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AUG. 2, 1924: JAMES BALDWIN BORN
James Baldwin was born in Harlem, New York.
AUG. 2, 1924: JAMES BALDWIN BORN
James Baldwin was born in Harlem, New York.
AUG. 2, 1924: JAMES BALDWIN BORN
James Baldwin was born in Harlem, New York.
AUG. 2, 1869: FIRST “REDEEMER” GOVERNMENT ESTABLISHED IN TENNESSEE
The first “Redeemer” government is established in Tennessee after conservatives gain control of the state’s General Assembly, ushering in an era of Jim Crow segregation laws.
https://www.zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/first-redeemer-government-established-in-tennessee/
Scottish-born inventor Alexander Graham Bell — who died #onthisday in 1922 — goes to kiss his wife Mabel while she stands in one of his spectacular tetrahedral kites. See more of these wonderful creations (and the kiss realised) in our post here: https://publicdomainreview.org/collection/alexander-graham-bell-s-tetrahedral-kites-1903-9 #OTD
AUG. 1, 1952: SARAH KEYS REFUSES TO GIVE UP HER SEAT ON A BUS
Sarah Keys refused to give up her seat on a state-to-state charter bus, prompting the landmark court case, Sarah Keys v. Carolina Coach Company.
AUG. 1, 1944: RACIST WILDCAT STRIKE SHUTS DOWN PHILADELPHIA
Not wanting Black coworkers to be given the same positions and pay, a contingent of Philadelphia Transit Company (PTC) workers staged a wildcat strike and withheld their labor.
https://www.zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/racist-wildcat-strike-shuts-down-philadelphia/
AUG. 1, 1917: LABOR ORGANIZER FRANK LITTLE LYNCHED
WWI labor organizer Frank Little was lynched from a railroad trestle.
https://www.zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/frank-little-lynched/
AUG. 1, 1834: BRITAIN PASSES SLAVERY ABOLITION ACT
August First Day became a symbol of hope for enslaved people and abolitionists in the United States when Britain passed the Slavery Abolition Act in 1834, abolishing slavery throughout its colonies around the world.
https://www.zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/britain-slavery-abolition-act/
The Great Norway Serpent, or Sea Orm, is the most famous of the many influential sea monsters depicted and described by 16th-century ecclesiastic, cartographer, and historian Olaus Magnus, who died #onthisday in 1557. Joseph Nigg explores: https://publicdomainreview.org/essay/olaus-magnus-sea-serpent #OTD
Details from The Fairy Feller’s Master-Stroke by the British painter Richard Dadd, born #onthisday in 1817. Read more on the man and his mesmerising work in Nicholas Tromans' essay — https://publicdomainreview.org/essay/richard-dadds-master-stroke #OTD
The great US novelist, short story writer, and poet Herman Melville was born #onthisday in 1819. His last long-form work was the epic poem Clarel, published in 1876 and coming in at a colossal 18,000 lines. @JWheelwrite explores: https://publicdomainreview.org/essay/the-skeptical-pilgrim-melvilles-clarel #otd
JULY 31, 1763: CHIEF PONTIAC WINS BATTLE OF BLOODY RUN AT FORT DETROIT
Fighting alongside Odawa Chief Pontiac, the unified Native warriors defeated 250 British soldiers during their siege at Fort Detroit during Pontiac’s War.
https://www.zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/battle-of-bloody-run/
The Hungarian composer, virtuoso pianist, and heartthrob Franz Liszt died #onthisday in 1886. Leon Botstein explores what we can still learn from the life and music of "possibly the greatest pianist that has ever lived” — https://publicdomainreview.org/essay/what-makes-franz-liszt-still-important #OTD
JULY 30, 1975: MASSACRE IN EL SALVADOR
Dozens of high school and university students in a peaceful protest were killed and injured by the U.S. backed Salvadoran police and National Guard.
https://www.zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/massacre-el-salvador/
JULY 30, 1920: LYNCHING OF SERGEANT EDGAR CALDWELL
Sergeant Edgar Caldwell, a Black man, was hanged before a crowd of spectators in the yard of the Calhoun County jail for riding in a white streetcar.
https://www.zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/lynching-of-sergeant-edgar-caldwell/
JULY 30, 1866: NEW ORLEANS MASSACRE
The New Orleans Massacre occurred when white residents attacked Black marchers near the reconvened Louisiana Constitutional Convention.
https://www.zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/july-30-1866-new-orleans-massacre/
JULY 30, 1836: FORMERLY ENSLAVED ELIZA SMALL AND POLLY ANN BATES ESCAPE TO BOSTON
Eliza Small and Polly Ann Bates became formerly enslaved when they boarded the brig Chickasaw in Baltimore and escaped to Boston.
JULY 29, 1910: SLOCUM MASSACRE IN TEXAS
Citizens in the small, predominately African American town of Slocum, Texas, were massacred.
JULY 29, 1835: ABOLITIONIST LITERATURE REMOVED FROM POST OFFICE AND BURNED
Late night raid on the Charleston post office by a mob of white supremacists and the burning of abolitionist mail.
The hateful Right loves to fuck with the post office!
https://www.zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/abolitionist-literature-post-office
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